When most investors hear the term “Managed Futures,” they immediately assume that managed futures are “risky” or “volatile,” and are not safe investments. While it’s true that managed futures are not for everyone, structuring them to match your risk tolerance is possible. Obviously, past performance is never an indication of…
When an investor enters the Managed Futures space, two of the first terms that he/she hears is “systematic” and “discretionary.” Those are the two most frequently used expressions when it comes to describing a Commodity Trading Advisor’s (CTA) investment strategy. As a new Managed Futures investor, it’s important to understand…
Notional funding is a concept unique to the Managed Futures industry, whereby an investor is able to leverage their cash investment by taking on additional risk for higher expected returns. When someone decides to “notionally fund” their managed futures investment, all that means is that they are only investing a…
I remember very clearly when I first decided to get involved in managed futures on a personal level. I had watched in both amazement and fear as our customers who were involved in these investments would handle the daily and weekly movement with such ease, even as the markets would…